Tonight’s “Fringe” was originally supposed to air back in November, but that was before it was squeezed into 2012 by the seventh game of the World Series. Expect cliffhangers! Fox says:
Olivia and Lincoln take drastic measures to deal with the looming threat from the translucent shapeshifters, while helping Peter find his way home. Something “over there” occurs that hasn’t happened since the universes were linked at the end of last season.
I’ve been going though “Real Time” withdrawal. Bill Maher’s live HBO show fills the vacuum Jon Stewart leaves on Fridays. But unlike Stewart, Maher is willing to call our great land “a stupid fucking country.” Roundtable guests on tonight’s 10th season premiere are director Rob Reiner, congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and former Bush W. Bush speechwriter David Frum; former presidential candidate Herman Cain and documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi are interview guests.
Returning tonight:
Fringe (Fox)
Grimm (NBC)
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
Sweet Home Alabama (CMT)
Premiering tonight:
Blade Anime (G4) Marvel’s vampire-hunting vampire gets his own animated TV show.
Last Friday a children’s cable show called “The Wizards of Waverly Place” beat everything on the broadcast channels in the adults 18-49 demographic:
Fridays, Nov. 18, 2011-Jan. 6, 2012
(Adults 18-49; repeats in gray; previous weeks in parentheses)
2.5 (1.5) (---) (---) (0.4) (1.3) (0.9) (---) College Football
1.9 (1.0) (1.5) (2.1) (1.8) (1.9) (1.7) (1.5) Gold Rush
1.9 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.6) Wizards of Waverly Place
1.8 (0.9) (1.1) (1.0) (1.1) (1.6) (1.1) (2.0) Blue Bloods
1.8 (1.2) (1.0) (0.9) (---) (1.4) (0.9) (1.7) CSI NY
1.5 (---) (---) (1.3) (1.2) (1.2) (---) (1.3) Extreme MHE
1.5 (1.0) (0.7) (0.8) (---) (1.3) (---) (1.3) A Gifted Man
1.4 (1.2) (0.8) (1.3) (1.7) (1.0) (---) (1.6) Dateline
1.3 (---) (1.0) (0.9) (1.3) (1.3) (1.2) (1.4) 20/20
1.2 (---) (---) (---) (0.5) (---) (---) (0.6) Jessie
--- (1.1) (0.8) (---) (1.0) (---) (---) (1.4) Kitchen Nightmares
0.9 (0.8) (1.0) (0.9) (1.0) (---) (---) (0.9) Chuck
0.8 (0.8) (0.7) (0.8) (0.6) (0.7) (0.7) (0.7) Flying Wild Alaska
0.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) NBA Basketball
0.8 (---) (---) (0.3) (0.4) (0.7) (---) (0.7) Supernatural
0.8 (---) (0.8) (0.9) (1.0) (0.6) (0.9) (0.9) WWE Smackdown
0.7 (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.6) (0.8) (1.1) (0.6) House of Payne
0.7 (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.6) (---) (0.5) Kung Fu Panda
0.6 (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (---) (0.5) Diners, Drive-Ins
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.6) Fish Hooks
0.6 (0.6) (0.8) (1.5) (1.6) (---) (---) (1.6) Grimm
0.6 (---) (---) (0.3) (0.3) (0.5) (---) (0.6) Nikita
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.6) Real Housewives Atl
0.5 (0.5) (---) (---) (---) (0.8) (---) (---) Austin & Ally
0.5 (---) (---) (---) (0.4) (---) (---) (---) Fashion Police
0.5 (0.4) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Four Weddings
0.4 (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) Clone Wars
--- (0.4) (0.5) (---) (0.4) (---) (---) (1.1) Fringe
0.4 (---) (0.6) (0.4) (0.6) (---) (---) (---) Invention USA
0.4 (0.4) (---) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) Say Yes To The Dress
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.4) (---) (0.4) Crave
